Tom, did all of the handles come from one tusk? Those are great looking for sure. Thanks for sharing. I've said it before but this is an awesome place to see and learn! Walker
The six in the one picture came from that tusk, which I purchased from David Warther (except for the Bowles/Hedrick Tri-Athlete w/edge grind detail Smooth Narwhal).
The pair are from a set of three-First RMK Narwhal Ivory-Bear Bowie# 001 1 of 3 in this series & First RMK Narwhal Ivory-Model# 1 Arctic Fighter-Brass Double Lugged Hilt & Narwhal Handle with Butt Plate# 001 2 of 3 in this series. The third one(I have not identified)I have not found; still looking.
The TC Special is the only one I have ever seen in Narwhal-NS Double FCH w/Narwhal & Smooth Scalloped NS Butt Cap
There was a set that I saw at Blade a long time ago that was an extraordinary collection in a display case (14 knives!). There was also another collection shown in a picture on the Forum as Narwhal Heaven (21 knives!), and both of these were what got me started in my search for Narwhal.
Tom Flynn
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Tom Flynn NRA Endowment RKS#5918 RKCC-CM-178 SCI Life Member DSC Life Member
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Wow, the Narwhal collections bring back memories. The Picture with the green background shows the butt caps on the first 3 I started with. Ron Skaggs engraved those 3 with two Narwhals crossing tusks on the butts. The engraving around the edges and on the hilts were of sea waves. All had silver hilts and butts from Doug Cream. The picture with the blue background is from a display that Doug Cream and I did at Blade Show. We combined our collections for the display. I really got into the Narwhal and silver, but sold them all after the recession in 2008.
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David Loomis RKS# 724 RKCC# CM-061 Molon Labe
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I really like that Sasquatch. We learned a lot during the adventure turning that Narwhal Tusk into knives. You went way beyond me with your collecting.
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